Championing Girls' STEM education in the Philippines

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to our Big Give Christmas Challenge between 3 and 10 December 2024! We were able to reach our target, and then some!

If you pledged in the summer, we will now be in touch regarding fulfilling your pledge with us. You can fulfil your pledge by cheque, by donating online, or giving us a call on 0207 629 3050 where we can help. If you fulfil your pledge online, please add “Big Give Pledge” as your inspiration to donate.

A girl in Biga Girlstown, Philippines sits at a raised technical drafting table

Our appeal

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects require specialist teaching equipment. We teach technical drawing at our schools in Talisay and Biga so that our girls can prepare for careers in these areas but our school in Biga does not have enough dedicated technical drafting tables needed for our 899 grade 11 and 12 girls. These tables provide a vital but simple practical solution to equipping senior girls with the skills needed for these subjects.

If our girls have enough dedicated technical drafting tables they can practice properly and they will gain the essential skills needed to pass their Technical Drafting National Certificate II – a gateway to employment.

Our goal

We have secured a discount for 60 tables for the girls in Biga and are taking part in this year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise a total of £10,750.

  • We reached our pledge target in August and have been allocated our champion funder. We are now moving into the online phase between 3 – 10 December where every donation made online will be matched.
  • This means that every donation, no matter what size, will be doubled!
  • One Gift, Twice the Impact!
two girls in Biga Girlstown, Philippines look up at the camera from their technical drafting table during class

How it works

There are two phases to this highly effective Big Give Christmas Challenge appeal:

  • Pledge Phase – up until 30 August 2024 [Completed]
  • Online Giving Phase – between 3 – 10 December 2024

In the online giving phase, we collect donations from supporters online via the Big Give website. Donations can be as large or small as you like.

Online giving opens at 12 noon on 3rd December. Look out for the link then.

Please note that if you are a pledger you cannot donate during the online phase of this campaign.

Our Work in the Philippines

The Big Give 2023

Our amazing supporters helped us during The Big Give 2023 to purchase books for our girls in Brasilia Girlstown, Brazil.

See the results

The Big Give 2022

In 2022 with support from our incredible donors, we raised funds through the Big Give to provide tools and machining equipment for the engineering workshop in Adlas Boystown, the Philippines

See the results
Why we need your support

When you support us and help a child living in extreme poverty you are helping a family, a community and a country.

356m Children

An estimated 356 million children live in extreme poverty deprived of the basics for survival like food, shelter and healthcare.

263m Children

263 million children, adolescents and youth around the world are out of school

2x poverty

Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty. The consequences of poverty last a lifetime.